ambulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of ambulate
as in walks
to go on foot a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate

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  1. walks
  2. treads
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  • Everyone must be ready for anything, and as 100 becomes 50, the kitchen slowly empties and the competition intensifies until one cook eventually walks away victorious.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The video starts recording the night before the fire when a person walks by, heading toward the back of the home on Stricker Street.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks
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  • Trump treads carefully The leaders last met in Beijing just four months ago, and could meet twice more later this year.
    — Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of treads
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“Ambulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulates. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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